Table of Contents
Introduction Richard Rohr xi
How to Use This Book by Patrick Boland xv
Reflection 1 The Four Worldviews 3
Reflection 2 The Pattern of Spiritual Transformation: Part I 11
Reflection 3 The Pattern of Spiritual Transformation: Part II 17
Reflection 4 Christ Is Everywhere 23
Reflection 5 Contemplation 29
Reflection 6 The First Incarnation 35
Reflection 7 Personal and Universal: The Second Incarnation 41
Reflection 8 Becoming 47
Reflection 9 The Path Toward Inner Aliveness 51
Reflection 10 Including 55
Reflection 11 Our Own Human Experience 59
Reflection 12 Image, Love, and Suffering 63
Reflection 13 Primal Goodness 67
Reflection 14 The Great Chain of Being 73
Reflection 15 Waking Up to Love 77
Reflection 16 Suffering 83
Reflection 17 Our Shadow 89
Reflection 18 Change 95
Reflection 19 Up There 99
Reflection 20 Divine Depth 105
Reflection 21 Embodying Depth 111
Reflection 22 The Divine Feminine 117
Reflection 23 Our Eternal Yes 121
Reflection 24 Embodiment 125
Reflection 25 Embodied Suffering 129
Reflection 26 Atonement 135
Reflection 27 Restoration 141
Reflection 28 Cruciform 147
Reflection 29 Total Love 153
Reflection 30 One Suffering 159
Reflection 31 All in One Lump 163
Reflection 32 Resurrection 169
Reflection 33 Revealed as Light 175
Reflection 34 Hell 179
Reflection 35 Universal Encounter 185
Reflection 36 Paul's Personal Encounter 191
Reflection 37 Both … And … 197
Reflection 38 Contemplative Practice 201
Reflection 39 The Contemplative Path 207
Reflection 40 Finding Balance 211
Notes 217